Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1887-12-02
INDUSTRIAL INTEREST.

CHIC,Go consumes eighty thousand gal
Ions OF milk daily
FInE-nKiCK for paving purposes is a new
Illinois industry recently developed The
brick ~ question ranks high rs paving
material
SPANISH AMERICA furnishes most OF the
mahogany used Ia this country. Since the
year lTO the woOd has been a staple article
OF commerce.
TUE only slatc-p pencil factory in the
United States IL M Castlcton. VI The av-
erage daily output IL about thirty thousand,
and the factory gives employment 10
twenty five hands. The pencils are all
made by machinery now. whereas they used
Ia be whitfield into shape by hand
THE National Toothpick Association, OF
Maine, cxpeotJ 10 manufacture enough
wooden toothplcks in the present year 10
load tram OF nifty railway cars. The
number Of toothpicks 10 make up that
amount is placed AT 5,mOmO,oU Most OF
the toothpcks used in this country are
made In Maine
BRFORE the invention OF machinery for
rolling tinfoil nearly all that was used was
imported. Now, nowever. that industry is
largely confined 10 our own shoro. The
tan for the purpose is mined principally IN
Australia and the East Indies. Millions on
millions of pounds Of the foil are annually
used in this country.
LARGE buildings IN the Eastern cities are
wholly devoted Ia the freezing and storage
of fresh fish for the inland trade. Until tho
year 1860 when the freezing process be-
came known, the fresh fish trade was very
slim; but now, with facilities for preserv-
ing fish fresh "A year or more the business
has IA taiunI m "A m IN
Few persons have an idea Of the enor-
nous consumption Of Irvine in this country.
One OF the greatest demands for the article
comes from the farmsrs, who consume
thirty-iive thousand tons annually upon the
self-bindlng harvestcrs Allowing five
pounds to the mile, this would be equal TO u
string long enough to 90 more than six
times round the earth.
BOTTLES for holding spirits and acids are
now made OF paper. The glued paper is
rolled by machinery into such n tube as is
required, and the tube is cut up into suit
able lengths The tops and bottoms, OF
wood or paper, are cemented in, and necks
are added when required. The interiors OF
the bottles are then lined with heated
fluid composition that sets hard and will re-
sist fluids and spirits. The bottles arc
practically unbreakable, having a minimum
OF weight, and require NO packing material
in transit
MAKING butt ons OF blood is one OF the
queer industries Of this country for the
utilization of waste material. There In q
large factory near Chicago, in which over
one hundred hands are employed, using ten
thousand gallons Of blood daily. None but
fresh blood is used. Some OF it is light in
color and some dark according To the
chemical treatment given it. These thin
sheets OF dried blood are then broken up,
and are ready TO be worked into various
shapes and sizes. Large quantities Of the
blood sheets are used by cloth manu-
facturers for setting the color in calico
goods. Not only are buttons made from
blood in this way, but tons OF earrings,
breast-pins, belt clasps, combs and trinkets
are made annually there from blood.